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Saw a guy in Houston try to lift with a choker hitch on a single leg beam yesterday

I almost yelled up at him but he was already lifting and I didn't want to spook him lol. Anyone else see rookies using the wrong hitches and just wanna walk away?
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emma_garcia
Did the guy even have the tag line on the beam? I see that way too often where they skip the tag line and the beam just starts spinning like a helicopter blade. A choker on a single leg is a disaster waiting for a swing, especially if the crane jerks. Houston yards get windy too, I can only imagine how sketchy that looked from the ground.
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pat_murray53
Exactly. Skip the tag line on a beam like that and you're basically playing roulette. Had one swing on me in Galveston once - damn near took out a welder's truck. Crew chewed me out for a week. Never again.
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stella22
stella2215d ago
Made that mistake once myself. Beam almost took my head off.
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